SOUTHEAST TEXAS - Republican Jefferson County Tax Assessor-Collector Shane Howard defeated Democrat Thomas Sigee by 23 votes, according to the results of Tuesday's election released by the Jefferson County Clerk's Office.

Howard received 43,323 votes, or 50.01%, to Sigee's 43,300 votes, or 49.99%

Former congressman Nick Lampson lost his bid to return to Congress. Republican Randy Weber defeated Lampson, with about 117,000 votes to about 97,000 votes, or 54% to 45%.

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